‘Stop the quick counts’

Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is not about to give up the fight.

His camp on Tuesday sought to stop the quick counts conducted by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) as well as the Commission on Elections (Comelec), citing various discrepancies in the remaining 10 percent of votes.

His campaign adviser, Jonathan de la Cruz, presented to the media former Biliran Province congressman Glen Chong, who in 2010 was a victim of the same scheme wherein from midnight till early morning, his lead in the canvassing was overtaken mysteriously.

Marcos was leading in all quick counts after the closure of polling precincts on Monday.

He was leading at one point by more than one million votes against his closest rival, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo.

At 10 p.m., however, glitches occurred and the counting stagnated for some time.

“When it resumed, slowly the lead was reducing non-stop every after new transmission until it showed that Leni was ahead by 200,000 votes when we woke up,” Chong said.

Among the networks doing separate quick counts are CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN and various radio networks.

PPCRV is Church-affiliated and accredited by the Comelec to do the quick count.
De la Cruz said he is sure Marcos will win.

“Our internal survey is quite reflective of the Social Weather Stations exit polls, which showed that Sen. Marcos led the vice presidential survey with 34.9 percent as against Rep. Leni Robredo’s 32.5 percent,” he said.

According to de la Cruz, the scheme is similar to dagdag-bawas (vote padding-vote shaving).

Aside from an end to the quick counts, Marcos also asked the poll body to identify the areas where the Comelec has been experiencing difficulty in transmitting results.

As of Tuesday afternoon, some areas in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, and other parts of Northern Luzon, such as Abra, had difficulty in transmissions, just like in polling precincts under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or ARMM.

De la Cruz said 4.5 million votes more or less are still unaccounted for, and it could still change the outcome of the vice presidential race.

“The quick counts do not show the real and actual votes. There are so many that [are]yet to be sent like 11 percent from Ilocos Sur, 11 percent from La Union, 12 percent from Nueva Vizcaya, as well those from Lanao del Norte and Sultan Kudarat,” he added.

Also on Tuesday, corps commanders of University of the Philippines campuses, who call themselves Youth for Duterte, urged the Comelec to hold a recount of the votes for Vice President, saying they do not like Robredo to win because “she is a threat to the Duterte presidency.”

“The Plan B which Senator Marcos had exposed last week is now happening. After they had given up hope on their presidential bet [Manuel Roxas 2nd], they want to retain hold of Malacañang Palace by ousting Duterte and replace him with Robredo through impeachment,” said corps commanders Ronald Cardama, John Sun Patriarca, Billy Villareal and Vincit Tagoe.

25 Comments

Plan B could be the plan of Marcos himself! No need to remind everybody how his father stayed in power or want to stay in power for his whole life. Nobody knows of this plan except him so he may concocted this by himself and use all his resources as the VP to impeach and oust Duterte ? Who knows?

I think you should widen your reading. Who has the capacity to rig the election? The Professors of Ateneo de Manila who are supportive of Cory had spoken. There is rigging against Marcos. Senator Miriam Santiago who is know as honest and fearless have also spoken. There is rigging. You only know to throw allegations that were never substantiated. 30 years after the EDSA Revolution, the people are now clear that Marcos was the best President and EDSA Revolution is a joke. That’s the reason why Digon won over unprecedented votes. Layo ng hinabol ng kandidato mo uy, Daan Matuwad 9Million lang. Magising ka na. So is Marcos, people voted him because they are known as public servants. PICC siguro nanood ka na doon. Airport, siguro nagbyahe ka na at nakinabang. 13th Month Pay, siguro nagpakasasa, thanks to Marcos thru his Presidential decree nalangisan ang tyan mo. Gusto mo pa icite ko ang pinakikinabangan mo na di mo alam, PGH baka nagpa check up ka na dyan o mga kamag anak mo? Thanks to Marcos nalibre ka o nakatipid ka sa hospital bill. Don’t be ingrate and self-righteous like the Daang Matuwad advocates and personae. PNoy ang lolo nyan nahatulan ng treason. Sya ang kasapakat ng mga Japanese nung sinakop tayo. Gusto mo pang makipagdebate? Mag isip isip ka nga!!!!

Ateneo de Manila University Professors believes Marcos is being rigged by the Administration to push Leni’s victory. Everyone knows how crooked this government and how vindictive it is. So they will do everything to rig the election and win. Plan B is true. If there is someone lying, it’s PNoy’s government and this ambitious woman who wants power out of rigged election. What a shame for her late husband. She ruined the name of her husband!

this guy BOBONG marcos accused hi opponent of cheating when he and his family are the big cheaters in PINAS. they cheated Juan dela Cruz with their big LOOT.
marcoses cheated the previous election since then from the beginning.

they are shameless family living in a lavish life style with expenses of Juan dela Cruz.

when shall this empire of thieves will end?
only God knows.. cross your finger and the end will come.

a 1.2 million vote lead of Marcos on the eve of the 9th was wiped out overnight and early on the following day Robredoi was leading by 100 thousand plus votes, then progressing to 200 thousand etc. etc. , While the vote count of Chiz and Cayetano was creeping almost to a stand still. Weird behavior of the VCMs?

We will not concede. BBM will surely win and we will expose how this comelect manipulate the dagdag bawas and switching votes to their Leni the cheater. check a lot nomalies made by this administration. time to Pnoy and his allies go to Jail, IF Digong will put him in Jail. Iam doubt about it, as digong is also supporter of BBL.
dont forget that Digong wants BBL to passed…Filipinos will regret it…

I really don’t understand why the resistance for an honest recount. I really don’t mind if Mrs Robredo wins after the recount. They even do recount here in the United States…no big deal. I am really baffled why some people think that Bongbong Marcos doesn’t have the right to do so.

There’s not even a slight evidence of dagdag – bawas activities nor cannot be proven at the end because it never happened. Marcos Jr. camp theories and accusations are shallow and the only people they can convince are the people voted for him, and the shallow minds.

In this election time the best Man/Woman wins, this is how the candidates are perceives by the voters in their choices to pick the best candidate .If the candidate platform suits the voters expectation he got his/her votes.

Maybe there is a slight truth to Plan B, and it could been engineered by his good friend PNoy. On the other hand, Plan B could have been the product of their anxieties and does not exists, as well. Anxiety id defined as “fear of unknown”. lol.

Marcos Jr. should not put himself in a very stressful position thinking that he will win in Muslim Mindanao Region. This is the territory of Leni Robredo and most likely, it was “SOLID LENI”. The people there will never forget on what Marcos Jr. has done on the BBL- he did not agree to many of the languages used and did not put effort to work with the lower house to come up something that would be acceptable for both parties. Tae siya dito sa Mindanao.

The small percentage of votes to be counted from the three provinces up North do not even guarantee they voted for him. Solid North concept is dead and it did not work for him nor to any future candidates running for National Office. The reason being is that, literacy rate up north has gone up and this means more people are fairly educated now.

Talo kana and pls concede. The people of the Phil voted and Robredo won. The people of Mindanao spoke, the people of Bicol region spoke and voted. BongMangdaramBomg new I his heart that Dutards may either die or be impeachment and therefore will throw all kinds of allegations that the LP has something to do with Robredo winning the VP.